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Motion: Motion is a spatial variation of one or more observed or not observed objects in time. Problems arise in connection with attribution or withdrawal of predicates. See also change, temporal identity, process, flux, vectors.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Jonathan Bennett on Motion - Dictionary of Arguments

Esfeld I 226 ~
Movement/change/Bennett: e.g.
Def"string"/Bennett: be a number of similar points in space in front of a background.
Movement/Bennett: a movement is a description of this string.- Not things in the room move, but: there is a loss and acquisition of properties in different individuals.
((s) Vs: then you cannot even to speak of things that acquire or lose these properties).
Bennett/Esfeld: Bennett thesis: a moving object is no longer the same.
Cf. >Substantivalism
, >Relationism, >Empty space, >Matter,
>Body, >Objects, >Absoluteness, >Holism, cf. >Four dimensionalism, >World lines.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Bennett I
Jonathan Bennett
"The Meaning-Nominalist Strategy" in: Foundations of Language, 10, 1973, pp. 141-168
In
Handlung, Kommunikation, Bedeutung, Georg Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1979

Es I
M. Esfeld
Holismus Frankfurt/M 2002


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